Team Habibeez on the Highway

Here is Team Habibeez on the Highway spotted by @Buttsy Butler™



His number plate is a bit cool.

Gumball 3000 in Toronto

Here is car number 56 in Gumball 3000 entering Toronto.

Rapper Bun B behind the wheel.



Nice video David!

Gumball Hits Toronto

The Gumball just hit Toronto...

 

 

I just met superstar rapper Bun B. (A.K.A. Bernard Freeman )the rapper who was one half of the southern hip hop  duo UnderGround Kingz.

Nice, nice guy...

I told him to check out Bentleyspotting tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's his entry in the Gumball Rally:

 

 

Boot full o'stuff...

 

 

 

 

 

Then I met these guys:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheikh Mohammad Al Thani, known to his friends and fans as 'Sheikh Moe' is a Gumball legend!

Having initially driven the rally in character as Sheik Abdul Bin Falafel, with wing-men Matt and Mothman, these guys SERIOUSLY tear it up....

 

 

What a party...

 

I didn't see any Bentley entrants as I am old and go to bed early so probably missed them...

But I saw these in the neighbourhood:

 

 

Not part of it, but in the right place at the right time.

There were a few of these funny things lying around too.

Wasn't he a British 'Rapper' from the eighties..? Malcolm...?

"Buffalo Girls 'Round the Outside?"

Maybe not...

 

 

(Posted by David Irvine)

 

 

Gumball 3000 Update

Here is an update from David Irvine.

Gumball 3000 has made it to Toronto.

David has snapped Team White from the Netherlands in their Rolls-Royce Phantom.



The other car in Team White is a Bentley Brooklands. In white of course!



Now Shmee150 reports that Team Habibeez in now in Toronto!



Looking forward to David Irvines experience of the Rally in Toronto!

Gumball 3000

It's Gumball 300 time again! Love it.

This year let's follow Tim or Shmee150. He has teamed up with Team Habibeez for the Rally.

In a fleet of Rolls-Royce cars. Why not.

Intro.



Here is this years route.



Cars being sticker up.



Driving to the Start Grid. Times Square.

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/536495_386952741339987_176218959080034_1028063_304299510_n.jpg



The Start Grid.



That's Tim for keeping us updated!

Here is his live twitter feed.






Here is AutoGeSpots take on the Starting Grid.





Car spotters are certainly represented on Gumball 3000 this year.

Never Crossed my Mind...

Something I had never thought about until my fellow RROC member Gary T mentioned it. "Change your spare tyre - you may actually need it one day and it may fail...."

 

 

So today I fitted a new one.

 

But I do believe my spare tyre was still original (from 1975).

 

 

 

 

 

A Firestone Cavallino Wide Oval Radial.

 

 

 

It has a very odd thin mid wall whitewall.

 

 

 

 

It's old and hard, cracked and 'knackered' but I just can't throw it out - tomorrow I'll clean it up and keep it. My wife doesn't need to know....

Is it actually an original Crewe supplied spare? Anyone...?

It does say 'Made in Great Britain' on it.

It's useless as a useable tyre but maybe someone out there wants it.

 

Oh, and as far as the debate went (which ended up pretty well 50/50 by the way) , I fitted four new 16" BLACKWALLS on the old thing. Sorry Rodd, whitewalls are just not my style....

 

 

 

 

 

(Posted by David Irvine)

 

 

 

Bentley Drivers Club

Here is a recent pit stop of the Bentley Drivers Club from the 10 May.



I'll take the one on the right please.



Great photography.

Muskoka Bound.

Ahh, the weekend...

A very Canadian thing to do is leave the city. Sit in traffic jams for hours on a Friday evening to escape, then do the same again back down on Sunday evening.

Perfectly normal, right?

Destination Muskoka maybe?

 

 

So how do we get there?

There's always the Greyhound bus...

 

 

Maybe the trusty old GMC Suburban:

 

 

Naaaw! To heck with that. If you have one, take the Turbo RT Mulliner. There's lots of room.

Watch out for this one on Highway 400 this summer as it seems to be the vehicle of choice....

 

 

Bentley 1998 Turbo R/T Mulliner VIN#SCBZP25C7WCX66741

 

Thanks to 'RP' for the shot - and the gas stations will see their sales rise this summer for sure.

 

(Posted by David Irvine)

 

 

Bentley Turbo R at the Car Wash

Decided to take the Bentley Turbo R when going to see The Dictator film last tonight.

Parked under a tree on the main street. Once home, noticed that the birds had a go.

So it was to the car wash for a Bentley hose down.



Bentley Driver POV.

Rolls Royce Phantom at Hellaflush meet in Japan!

These are not my shots.

I somehow stumbled across them on Google, but had to post them.

Modified Goodwood Phantoms (in my opinion) are very cool.

 

 

 

"Rolls Royce Phantom at Hellaflush meet in Japan"

 

 

 

 

They are all on:

 

http://www.farmofminds.com/2011_10_01_archive.html

 

But here's the quick way to see them.

 

 

 

Crunch on every bump...

 

 

This car is wild!

 

 

 

I take no credit for these - I just want them to be seen.

 

(Only POSTED by David Irvine)